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PAGh 21-PLAINDEALER-WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1977 Village of McHenry Shores Jude La Francis 385-5067 Give Driving Tips For Recreational Vehicles Shore Police Log Active Three Months S During the first three months • of 1977, the McHenry Shores police department handled eighty-seven calls , for assistance. Two of the calls were incorrectly placed to our police department by persons seeking the McHenry city * department. Police are requesting that homeowners purchase locking gas caps to thwart gas stealing. Also keeping the driveway well- lit at night will diminish the incidence of CB- radio and antenna stealing. The police are starting a crackdown on non-driveable vehicles sitting around the village. If you own such a vehicle, please take care of it soon. Again a reminder that dogs must be kept on their owners property. Avoid hard feelings and keep your dog off your neighbor's property. Dogs-at- large result in more police complaints that anything else within the village. DANGEROUS TOYS Youngsters with sling shots are becoming a problem to homeowners who do not enjoy having their homes bombarded with rocks, etc. The vandalism ordinance which makes parents responsible for the destruction of their children should alleviate the problem of children purchasing and using these weapons. LOW FLYING GARBAGE On garbage pick-up days please try to remember to keep the lid on your garbage cans. Place a brick on top of the cover if necessary. Windy days and garbage pick-up combine together to produce as much debris on the street as in the cans. The dumpsters are / coming May 7. Prepare now for their arrival. CAUTION TO MOTORISTS Warm weather brings children outdoors. Most often these children are riding bikes and playing in the street. Watch out for them. Drive slowly and keep an. eye out, for small children. YOUR ANNEX The village hall annex is for the people of the village. Presently it is used by the Brownies, Girl Scouts, Shoreline club, village board meetings and soon-to-be established village library. Perhaps you did not know that the village board provided the space, shelves, and Health Tip From the American Medical Association Tonsils and Adenoids The tonsils are spongy, glandular tissues located at the back of the throat and behind the nose. Actually, there are three sets of tonsils: (1) the throat tonsils, (2) the Unguals, and (3) the adenoids. The first two sets are referred to as "the tonsils" and the third set as "the adenoids." The tonsils and adenoids provide a defense against in­ fections that invade the body through the nose and mouth. They are part of the lymphatic system, the cells of which at­ tack and engulf bacteria. Tonsillitis is an infection of the tonsils that results in swelling and inflammation, pain and soreness, difficulty in breathing and swallowing, enlargement of the lymph glands, fever, rapid pulse and general illness. A few decades ago tonsillitis was difficult to control, but with today's antibiotics many in­ fections respond to treatment within a few days. Repeated infections may result in permanent damage to the tonsils. Then they cease to be protective and become in­ stead a source of chronic in- ' fection. Then a tonsillectomy is necessary. Persistent enlarged and infected adenoids can lead to chronic middle ear infection or accumulation of fluid in the middle ear impairing hearing. ^ Sometimes these conditions may be corrected only by removal of the adenoids. T&A (tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy) is among the most commonly performed and safest surgical procedures. However, it does, rarely, in­ volve risk. Of the more than 950,000 T&As performed each year, some 100 deaths result from complications. The T&A provides no guarantee against future colds and throat infections. No two cases are exactly alike. Your doctor will recommend a T&A only after he has decided that the beneifts of the surgery in your case outweigh the risk. facilities for these various' activities. FOCUS For the past nine months the positions of secretary and treasurer of the village have been handled by one person, Linda Luerssen. Linda and her husband, Bob, have lived in the Shores for seven years. They have two children, Robbie and Tiffany. Coming from a family of nine, Linda is definitely people- oriented. She enjoys meeting people and she is able to accept various positions of leadership as evidenced by her positions as past president of the Shoreliners and her present position as secretary of the club. As village secretary and treasurer, Linda was responsible for bills being paid on time, taking minutes at the board meetings and handling the correspondence. Though usually absorbed in her minutes-taking at the board meetings, Linda nevertheless could be expected to provide sound advice when necessary. She has done an excellent job in her dual role for the village of McHenry Shores. BIRTHDAYS APRIL 20 is Joan Dostal's birthday. Joyce Szott Now that the weather is changing, more and more people will be taking to the roads in their recreational vehicles. The following are suggestions for the use and operation of recreation vehicles from the Illinois State police. The popularity of recreational vehicles such as campers, house trailers and house car§ has given rise to many questions related to legal use. To gain a fuller un­ derstanding of the legal use of recreational vehicles it is important that the legal definition is clearly understood as outlined in the Illinois statutes. The Illinois Vehicle code defines a recreational vehicle as a vehicle originally designed or permanently converted and primarily used for living quarters or for human habitation and not used as a c o m m e r c i a l v e h i c l e . celebrates her special day April 24. And April 25 is the big day for Ron Baggio and James Rees to share their birthday happenings. Congratulations and good luck in the future to two lovely ladies and two handsome men. Happy thoughts make sweet sounds; sweet sounds are pleasant voices singing. Therefore, if the vehicle is licensed as a recreational vehicle it would exclude any use of the vehicle in any commercial use. If a person has not previously driven a camper or pulled a trailer, it is well to familiarize oneself with the vehicle. Take a shakedown trip to a nearby area. Practice backing in the yard or ^drive. Remember, most recreational vehicles will handle much differently than a passenger car due to the greater weight and size and will rieed greater braking distance and more radius to negotiate a turn. Before departing on a trip, an inspection should be made of all vital areas of the vehicle: check tires including the spare, steering, brakes, ignition, cooling, exhaust, windshield wipers, washers and defroster, all lights including flashers, horn, front end alignment, engine tune-up, fluid levels (water, oil, transmission, master brake cylinder, power steering reservoir, differential and battery). Make certain the following emergency equipment is in­ cluded: warning flares, flashlight with fresh batteries, first aid kit and manual, simple tools (screwdriver, pliers and adjustable wrench), towstrap or chain. Loose articles in the vehicle can be a hazard in transit and should be properly stored or secured. It is important that all cabinet and refrigerator doors be securely fastened so they will noF be opened by the movement of the vehicle. Different terrain requires different driving so adjust to the area. An example is that slower speeds should be ob­ served in mountainous areas and on narrow two-lane roads. Speed laws vary. However, most vehicles towing trailers are restricted to truck speeds. The speed of campers and house cars is generally determined by weight. In most areas vehicles under 8,000 pounds may travel a maximum of 55 mph. Know and obey all traffic laws , WHAT S NEW TEFL-OH LtNEP AIRCRAFT cable They Could Save Your Family's Lives COHPUIT ~TUVL£NE VINIL CO</£&- OROlNAM BJCVCLZ 0RAJS5 MP P£XA/LL£UR CABLES, CAN WOR/SHARP CABLE /$ ATAN£XT7?£M& AfiJGLE- AfcW YOU CAM SV//=T~ Of? OZAKZ, BVFN IF 7V&I/4 7T5P IN KNOTB. iMlThl A NEW £ELF~LU&RlCATiN& CA&LB ANP 7I/3/NG /=&?/* &-0RZZ, /-T5&\U£P ̂ULTRA They are inexpensive and easy to install, yet they could save your family's lives. "We believe they are the single most effective piece of equipment ever devised to pre­ vent fire deaths," Richard Strother, Associate Admini­ strator of the Commerce Department's National Fire Prevention and Control Ad­ ministration recently told TIME Magazine. Chicago may require them in about 235,000 of that city's 1.2 million apartments. The Federal Government will not approve ,VA or FHA new housing loans unless struc­ tures have them. A number of states re­ quire them in new consumer housing and Montgomery County, Maryland, will require all homes**'to be equipped with them by July 1, 1978.. A growing number of families whose lives were saved by them offer en­ thusiastic testimony to their effectiveness. "They" are fire and smoke detectors, new products being sold like appliances but with a key difference: they literally can save lives by sounding a piercing 85-decibel blast when they detect fire or smoke. About 7,000 people die in residential fires in the United States each year, about three- quarters of them at night. Many of those lives could have been saved had their homes had fire and smoke detectors. But not all fire and smoke detectors are alike, Sunbeam points out, and consumers would be well-advised to spend a little time in compari­ son shopping before entrust­ ing their lives to the unit or units purchased. Some detectors are plug-in, others are battery operated. The battery operated units don't rely on house current not being interrupted by a fire and can be installed any­ where, whether there is a nearby outlet or not. When the battery gets too weak to power the unit, the horn "chirps" once a minute to alert the consumer to re­ place the battery. Sunbeam's Centurion fire and smoke de­ tector, when the battery is low, "chirps" each minute for 30 days. A key point is whether the unit being considered meets various safety and per­ formance standards. The cur­ rent Underwriters Laboratory standard becomes much tougher on July 1, 1977, when UL Standard 217 takes effect, but there are units on the market now that already comply with the UL217, including Sunbeam's Centur­ ion fire and smoke alarm. The California State Fire Marshall has standards for fire and smoke detectors as does the National Fire Protection Association under its Stand­ ard No. 74. For maximum protection, a unit that CQmplies with all those standards should be chosen. Federal and State radiolo­ gical health agencies have ad­ vised that investigations indi­ cate that home fire and smoke detectors do not present radi­ ation hazards to health. Finally, choose a unit that has readily replaceable low cost batteries, not a special or expensive battery that has to be ordered from the maker or purchased from a specialty store. One caution:,if ever the in­ structions should be read and followed for any product, this is that instance! 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